Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Mexican-American's identity crisis | Reduction

Mexican-American's identity crisis

Walatowa Arroyo: Jemez Pueblo, New Mexico (NM)
Walatowa Arroyo: Jemez Pueblo, New Mexico (NM) by Floyd Muad'Dib
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Editor's note: Ruben Navarrette is a CNN contributor and a nationally syndicated columnist with the Washington Post Writers Group. Follow him on Twitter: @rubennavarrette. San Diego, California (CNN) -- On a recent trip to Mexico City, I had barely made my way down the concourse and arrived at the immigration processing area when I got stumped. Signs pointed the way to two lines: one for "Mexicanos" ("Mexicans"), another for "Extranjeros" ("Foreigners.") I stood there for a few seconds, unsure of where to go. Growing up in Central California, I had been called a "Mexican" my entire life. It's ethnic shorthand in the same way that my friends in Boston refer to themselves as "Irish" or my friends in New York describe themselves as "Italian." Later, I settled on "Mexican-American." Ruben Navarrette Jr. But, this was Mexico.

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